Salvatore Aquino also known as "Turi", is an Italian

Italy

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 criminal and a member of the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria

Calabria

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. He is the boss of the Aquino 'ndrina from Gioiosa Ionica

Gioiosa Ionica

Gioiosa Ionica is a town and comune in Italy in the province of Reggio Calabria, region of Calabria. It lies near the east coast of Calabria and covers an area of 35 km²....

. The clan is opposed to the Mazzaferro clan from the same town.

He became a member of La Provincia, a provincial commission of the 'Ndrangheta formed at the end of the Second 'Ndrangheta war in September 1991, to avoid further internal conflicts.

He was arrested on February 13, 1999, in Marina di Gioiosa Jonica. He was sentenced to 15 years for criminal association and international drug trafficking in the Nord-Sud trial in Milan. He was involved in running a heroin lab in Rota d'Imagna

Rota d'Imagna

Rota d'Imagna is a comune in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km northeast of Milan and about 20 km northwest of Bergamo...

 in the province of Bergamo

Province of Bergamo

The Province of Bergamo is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,098,740 , an area of 2,722.86 square km, and contains 244 comuni...

that was discovered in 1990.